Eng102

Office Hours For 12-14

eng102wwend — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:02:27 +0000

Folks-

There will be a class in ACAD 201 on Monday morning, so I am going to have to move my office hours. Most likely, I will be either near the couches on the second floor of the ACAD building or in the faculty lounge on the third floor.

Final Papers

eng102wwend — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:42:39 +0000

Folks-

I have received your final papers. I graded and returned a number of them last night and this morning; I will finish the rest later today.

Articles

eng102wwend — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:46:06 +0000

Here is the link for the articles. Hopefully it is fixed now!

http://wpwend.com/teaching/eng102.zip

http://wpwend.com/teaching/articles/

This one should work. I figured out what was wrong and, hopefully, fixed it.

New & Nifty Ways To Contact Professor Wend!

eng102wwend — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:22:29 +0000

During office (9am-11am MWF in the large computer lab in ACAD) and E-Office hours (9pm-11pm W) I have come up with the following nifty ways to contact me:

Yahoo! Messenger: professorwend
Google Talk: professorwend@gmail.com
AIM: professorwend

The really cool news: I now have a voicemail/office phone number. You can reach me during office/e-office hours at 609-836-0641. During other hours you will be prompted to leave a voicemail for me.

Journals/Poetry Exam

eng102wwend — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:20:55 +0000

Folks-

I am in receipt of your completed journals. They will be sent back to you today or tomorrow. Remember: your poetry exam is on Monday! If you have any last minute questions, please come see me in my “office” in the large computer lab from 9am-11am.

Remixed Syllabus

eng102wwend — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:24:15 +0000

Folks-

I have uploaded our updated syllabus on the sidebar. The schedule tab above has also been updated to reflect the minor changes we made to our coursework.

The First Paper

eng102wwend — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:43:36 +0000

Folks-

I am in receipt of your papers. If you did not receive an email confirming its arrival you will be getting one in the next few hours as I comb through my email. Expect about a week before I begin sending back your papers; I will also be including your midterm grade in my note to you.

Paper Requirements

eng102wwend — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:45:15 +0000

A number of students have asked questions about the format for your papers. Your papers should always follow the most recent MLA style (7) in use. Please make sure your papers are:

Typed
Titled (underlined and centered)
Page numbers in top right corner (Last Name Page Number)
Double Spaced
One inch margins
Include a separate works cited page

If you have any questions or need further clarification please see me or send me an email.

The Lottery Podcasts

eng102wwend — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:42:33 +0000

Folks-

Here are some new media resources for The Lottery:

About a year ago, A. M. Homes, who wrote the introduction for the most popular anthology of Jackson’s stories, read The Lottery for The New Yorker’s monthly fiction podcast. There is a good discussion following the reading. (Link)
Joyce Carol Oates joins the New York Review of Books literary podcast to discuss her recent article for the NYROB about Jackson. (MP3 Link)

Syllabus Update

eng102wwend — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:52:57 +0000

Folks-

On Friday 10-02-09 instead of the scheduled lecture on characters we are going to be reading book 23 of The Odyssey instead. I will handout photocopies of the Fagles translation during the week. Your syllabus has been updated on this website.